Welcome!

A young couple and their two children are having dinner in a swanky restaurant. When the husband asks the waiter for a doggie bag, the little boy turns to his sister and says, “Did you hear that, Katie, we’re getting a puppy!” The world is full of surprises and I pray that some good ones come your way in the new year. I’m happy you are here!

Rick Carlson, Pastor

January 05, 2020

216 E. Highland Elgin, IL 60120 (847)741-0038

fumcelgin.org #fumcelgin

Church Staff

Pastor Rev. Richard T. Carlson Liturgist Cindy Palm Directors, Youth Education Keith Duncan and Mark Johnson Director of Music Matthew Weber Associate Director of Music Jonathan Besancon Organist Dr. Mindy Pugh Music Leader, Saturday Service Stacey Monroe Radio Steve Muchow and Justin Potts Multi Media Glenn Lambert and Frank Scheid Office Administrator Amy Didricksen Facilities Engineer Duane Werth

First United Methodist Church 216 E Highland Avenue, Elgin IL 60120

847.741.0038 fumcelgin.org

First United Methodist Church of Elgin celebrates the diversity of the human

community and affirms the sacred worth of each person. We seek to follow

the Way of Jesus, extending love to others, as we would want to be loved. We

welcome into full inclusion in the life and ministries of the church people of all

sexual orientation (lesbian, gay, and bisexual) and gender identities

(transgender), ages, races and national origins, physical or mental abilities, and

economic conditions. We especially proclaim this statement of welcome to all who have

known the pain or exclusion or discrimination in the church. As a Reconciling Congregation,

we believe that we are being reconciled to God and to one another.

Prelude “Prelude & Fugue in A Minor” J. S. Bach

Welcome and Announcements The Call to Worship Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem, praise your God, for he has defended you and blessed your children. He grants peace within our borders and provides grain for food; his word runs swiftly. The Lord sends out his word and makes the waters flow; the snow falls, the winds blow at his commands. He declares his word to those who are faithful and establishes his ordinances with us. Therefore, we praise his name! from Psalm 147

Hymn “Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light” UMH 223 Opening Prayer Great Light of the world, shine upon us. Enlighten us with your wisdom, and free us with your grace. Embolden us to proclaim for all to hear that your light shines in darkness, and the darkness has not, will not, and cannot overcome it. In the light of your truth we pray. Amen.

Scripture Reading Jeremiah 31:7-14 Choral Anthem “We Would See Jesus/O Wondrous Sight!” Prayer Offertory “Hour of Devotion” F. Rathburn Doxology UMH 94 The Gospel John 1:1-18 Response This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God! Message “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” R. Carlson The Sacrament of Holy Communion see insert Prayer after receiving Hymn “Joy to the World” UMH 246 Sending Forth Postlude “O Worship the King” L. Smith Note: Some worshipers leave after the benediction (sending forth.) Others observe a local tradition of remaining seated through the playing of the postlude. Please feel free to do as you wish. Every-one is invited to have coffee and light refreshments in the fellowship hall immediately after the ser-vice.

Today’s Ministry Support

Acolyte: Jenna Fox

Greeters: Bridgette Fouts, James Fouts, and Cheryl Hayes

Fellowship: Coffee, tea and treats are offered in Fellowship Hall at the close of the worship service. Coffee and tea are sponsored by Phil and Sue Broxham. Treats are provided by Aimee Gerschefske—Happy New Year!

Sponsorship opportunities are available for many dates throughout 2020. Please check out the sign-up sheets in the hallway near the Parlor and Fellowship Hall and sign-up today. Thank you!

Announcements

United Methodist Women

♥ Breakfast at the Vineyard: Please note the change to Tuesday, January 7, just for January. Sign up on the UMW board. ♥ All women are invited to remain after worship on Sunday, January 12 to receive the 2020 calendar and to hear about opportunities for service and ministry in the new year.

SUN 9:00 am Worship 10:00 am Fellowship

10:15 am Youth Sunday School 10:30 am Adult Sunday School

1:00 pm ETC Rehearsal

MON 9:00 am Blue Box Coffee 5:30 pm Soup Kettle

6: 30 pm Heartland Voices Board

Meeting 6:30 pm ETC Rehearsal

TUES 7:00 am UMW Breakfast @ Vineyard Church

6:30 pm Board of Trustees

Meeting

WED 9: 30 am Prayer Shawl Ministry 6:30 pm Celebration Ringers

Rehearsal

6:30 pm Guys Stuff Men’s Group 6:30 pm ETC Rehearsal

7: 30 pm Cathedral Choir

Rehearsal

THURS 9:00 am Reflections Women’s

Bible Study 12:30 pm Toastmasters Meeting

5:00 pm The River Band Practice 6:30 pm ETC Rehearsal

FRI

SAT 5:00 pm The River Worship

Service

The Week Ahead...

2020 Sponsorship Sign-Up Sheets 2020 sign-up sheets are posted in the hallway outside of Fellowship Hall for treats, flowers, radio and more! Please stop by and sign-up to sponsor any of these opportunities.

2019 Final Report Year to Date Budget S493,514 Year to Date Received $460,435

*2019 Budget $493,514 Needed Weekly Income $9,491

Last 4 Weeks Dec. 08 (49) Dec. 15 (50) Dec. 22 (51) Dec. 29 (52) Giving Income $10,868 $7,209 $6,446 $2,826 The River Income $116 $137 $326 Miscellaneous Income $722 $2,287 $1,561 $637 Christmas Gift $2,470 $770 $7,426 UMCOR Offering $488 $250 Totals $12,128 $12,082 $9,164 $11,215

2020 Week #1 (5/361) Year to Date Budget $6,993 Year to Date Received $28,800

*2020 Budget $511,899

Needed Weekly Income $9,844

Jan. 01 (1) Prepaid Income $28,800 Totals $28,800

Monday Morning Coffee - Mondays at 9:00am at Blue Box Café The Monday morning coffee group meets at Blue Box Cafe located at 176 E. Chicago Street.

Prayer Shawl Ministry - Wednesdays at 9:30am in the Wesley Room

The Prayer Shawl Ministry will continue its 2020 knitting and purling on Wednesday, January 8th in the Wesley Room on the second floor west. We welcome all men and women who find peace in knitting or crocheting who would like to be part of this com-forting ministry.

Cathedral Choir - Wednesdays at 7:30 pm Cathedral Choir will resume Wednesday night rehearsals on January 8, 2020. With Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Easter services coming up, it is a great time to get involved with the choir! If you have friends or family who love singing, we are always looking to add more voices to the group! The choir is a welcoming and loving group and we’d love to welcome some new folks to the group! Contact Matt Weber (mweber@fumcelgin.org) for more information!

Adult Sunday School -10:30am in the Wesley Room

New Sunday Study - The Walk - Starting Sunday, January 5 How do we walk with Christ - daily follow him, grow in him, and faithfully serve him? In the Gospels, Jesus modeled for us the Christian spiritual life. The apostles taught it in their writings. And the Church has, through the last 2,000 years, sought to pursue this Christian spiritual life. In The Walk, Adam Hamilton focuses on five essential spiritual practices that are rooted in Jesus’ own walk with God and taught throughout the New Testament. Each of these practices is intended as part of our daily walk with Christ while also being an essential part of growing together in the church. In each chapter, Hamilton explores one of these practices, its New Testa-ment foundation, and what it looks like to pursue this practice daily in our personal life and together in the life of the church. Deepen your walk with Christ as we ex-plore the five essential practices of worship, study, serving, giving, and bearing wit-ness to our faith.

Reflections Women’s Bible Study -Thursdays at 9:00 am at Big Ap-ple Bagels

Reflections will resume meeting at Big Apple Bagel on Thursday, January 9, 2020. We look forward to contenting our daily devotional, The Message SOLO by Eugene Peterson. Bring your book and be ready to discuss Lessons 46-50. If you would like to begin the new year with this dynamic group in meaningful conversa-tion, just come. We will get you a book.

Guys Stuff Men’s Group - Wednesdays at 6:30pm in the East Confer-ence Room

Starting Wednesday, January 8, Join us for another season of lively, man-ish discus-sions where we aim to solve all the world's problems, one week at a time. This is a very relaxed and informal group. If you have been pondering what to do with your Wednesday nights, this is the answer! Fresh faces and perspectives are always wel-come.

Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here, and on these gifts of bread and wine. Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ, that we may be for the world the body of Christ, redeemed by his blood. By your spirit make us one with Christ, one with each other, and one in ministry to all the world, until Christ comes in final victory and we feast at his heav-enly banquet. Through your Son Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in your holy church, all honor and glory is yours, almighty Father, now and forever.

Bread and

Cup

Because there is one loaf, we who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf. The bread which we break is a sharing in the body of Christ. The cup over which we give thanks is a sharing in the blood of Christ.

Prayer After Receiving

Eternal God, we give you thanks for this holy mystery in which you have given yourself to us. Grant that we may go into the world in the strength of your Spirit, to give ourselves for others, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Sacrament of Holy Communion

Invitation

Christ our Lord invites to his table all who love him, who earnestly repent of their sin and seek to live in peace with one another. Therefore, let us confess our sin before God and one another.

Confession and Pardon

Merciful God, we confess that we have not loved you with our whole heart. We have failed to be an obedient people and we have not done your will. We have broken your law and re-belled against your love. Forgive us, we pray, free us for joyful obedience, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Hear this good news: Christ died for us while we were yet sinners; that proves God’s love toward us. In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!

In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven! (All) Glory to God! Amen.

It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Fa-ther Almighty, creator of heaven and earth. You formed us in your image and breathed into us the breath of life. When we turned away, and our love failed, your love remained stead-fast. You delivered us from captivity, made covenant to be our sovereign God, and spoke to us through your prophets. And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven we praise your name and join their unending hymn:

Holy are you, and blessed is your Son Jesus Christ. Your Spirit anointed him to preach good news to the poor, to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, and to announce that the time had come when you would save your people. He healed the sick, fed the hungry, and ate with sinners. By the baptism of his suffering, death and resurrection you gave birth to your church, deliv-ered us from slavery to sin and death, and made with us a new covenant by water and the Spirit. When the Lord Jesus ascended, he promised to be with us always, in the power of your word and Holy Spirit.

On the night in which he gave himself up for us, he took bread, gave thanks to you, broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, and said: “Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

When the supper was over, he took the cup, gave thanks to you, gave it to his disciples, and said: “Drink from this, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

And so, in remembrance of these your mighty acts in Jesus Christ, we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving as a holy and living sacrifice, in union with Christ’s offering for us, as we proclaim the mystery of faith.